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OSCE Office in Yerevan and OSCE human rights body trains staff of Armenia's Human Rights Defender
Publishing date: 13 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
YEREVAN, 13 November 2007- An OSCE- supported training course for the office of Armenia's Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) began today in Yerevan...
OSCE hosts meeting to discuss economic rehabilitation projects in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 12 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities
VIENNA, 12 November 2007- Progress in implementing internationally-funded economic rehabilitation projects in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict was discussed at an OSCE-chaired meeting in Vienna today.
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes respect for rule of law
Publishing date: 12 November 2007
SKOPJE, 12 November 2007- Promoting public awareness of rule of law in the country is the purpose of Rule of Law Week, which was launched today by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
OSCE envoy calls for lifting of state of emergency, and restoration of democratic conditions
Publishing date: 11 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Rule of law
TBILISI, 11 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Special Envoy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, welcomed the Georgian President's proposal to hold an early presidential election and the resumption of dialogue...
OSCE Chairman sends special envoy to Georgia
Publishing date: 10 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Rule of law
MADRID, 10 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, sent his Special Envoy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, to Georgia for talks with government and opposition leaders.
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about suspension of television stations in Georgia
Publishing date: 8 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Rule of law
VIENNA, 8 November 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today about the suspension of the work of Imedi TV, Georgia's most watched independent broadcaster and Kavkasia TV, which transmits in Tbilisi...
Awareness of Law on Access to Official Documents at the Kosovo municipal level not satisfactory, says OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 7 November 2007
PRISTINA, 7 November 2007- Kosovo's municipalities need to do more to raise peoples' awareness and the capacity of civil servants about the Law on Access to Official Documents, says an OSCE Mission report issued today...